【推荐1】I started skiing when I was three years old. Ever since I was only just a little kid, I enjoyed being _______. While the other children in my group were unwilling to _______, I was busy rolling down the small slope.

Since my many layers of clothing made me just about as _______ as I was tall, it was easy to fall. I soon _______ the basic skills of turning. I remember falling once and _______ that the snow was taller than I was.

When I was seven, I wanted to take my skiing to the _______ level and join a team. There were two _______ : racing, a popular event for girls, and freeskiing, an event heavily   _______by boys. Seeing freeskiers flying and _______ through the air, I ________ knew which team I wanted to join. In our world today, men are more likely to ________or find careers in sports than women. Many people ________ that this was just because men’s muscles were stronger. So over time, stereotypes (刻板印象) ________ negatively to define female athletes. Females were often ________ athletic opportunities because of their ________.

People are not accepting that women can be what they want to be yet, and they aren’t accepting that women can ________ by themselves. But if we accept it, we are just one step closer to ________.

Although being a girl in a male-dominated sport can be difficult, I’m actually ________ to the experiences I had, which have made me more ________ and have taught me to meet my ________ in life with open arms.

【推荐3】My life experienced ups and downs. I was never interested in being a_______but things changed. When computers became my companion,I _______ I should start learning about them. I was _______ by this thought that I decided to get a degree in IT

Coming from a middle-class family, the huge tuition was a great _______.   My English was poor. And most _______, the courses seemed to be wonders when I had the first glance. But I never _______, and it was my father who pushed me to pursue the _______ I wanted.

I decided to _______ this university which promised its students to help them gain the knowledge _______. During my first month it was difficult to ________ the accent of the Americans. I walked two miles day to the university ________ I could use the travelling money to buy a meal. I started looking for ________and I got an offer to work as a student assistant. As the days passed by, it got ________ when more and more students couldn't understand the subjects and concepts.

I took it as a challenge and never thought about the fact that I didn't have ________ to buy food or I was new to this programming degree. I believed ________ hard work and that’s my strength. And I had many chances to learn the computer in person. Right now I am ________ with a degree and an employment asking me to start right after my graduation

For anyone who feels ________ or thinks you can never achieve anything, you need to believe in yourself and start ________ on your dreams. Hard work always ________ off. To be successful, you need to start from somewhere and always question yourself about how far you would go to ________ your goal.

【推荐2】On Christmas of 2017, I was born again. We like to spend our Christmas holidays somewhere warm abroad, and that year we _______Uganda. Nature, wildlife, and sunny days were a_______when it was so _______ and dark in Europe. Life was beautiful, and we had a rental car and a busy schedule ahead to explore the country.

This is where this short travel story turns into one of my most _______travel experiences. At Murchinson Falls National Park, we had a car accident. I lost_______of the car, and it rolled over, destroying windows, chassis (底盘), and the engine. But we were alive! My right arm was_______injured, but we_______ to walk to our lodge (旅馆)，not far inside the_______. In the lodge, I was_______to learn that there was a pretty decent American hospital in Masindi that was just a one-hour drive away. Moreover, one of the lodge’s guests was a nurse who ________to the wound while we were waiting for the taxi. The hospital took care of us and after a couple of injections and stitches (缝合), I was ________to head to our new hotel in Masindi; however, my wound required daily________and more injections, so we were________to stay in town for a few days.

The town’s highlights were the market and our ________visit to the hospital, so we________looking for the small things, ________mod with the medical staff and the people in the market, and learning more about their customs.

We learned to slow down. When we were allowed to________ we took a road trip through the country to see something else. We did not care about our travel bucket ________anymore—we were________, and we wanted to enjoy Uganda’s unique nature and its people. In the end, our Uganda trip was not about the places that we saw, but the people that we met. It was travel for________ more than sightseeing.

【推荐3】You should see the photo. I’m sitting in red dirt, ________ an ugly purple T-shirt. My face is pink and my ________ is wet with sweat. Flies buzz around my head. I’m in the northwest of Australia, on a school trip with 20 parents and 20 kids

It was a strange choice for a holiday. I like sitting by the pool with a cola, not flies and frogs. I like being ________ and quiet, not a busload of kids. I like ________ washed sheets, not dirty-looking blankets.

But here’s the thing about that photo: I am smiling!

The trip sounded good when I ________. We were told that guides would take us into the heart of the place and I would see a new part of Australia and learn about local ________. Besides I knew it would be a valuable chance for me to stay with my youngest daughter. I would also stay with 40 strangers. I just hope there would be good coffee.

In Darwin we got onto a bus. It quickly became tiresome. The kids were ________ and kept on talking but I hate making small talk.

But later when I looked out at the large empty land, I was surprised at and moved by its ________. Our local guide told us about the land and his culture. I felt far from home.

At a national park, we ________ a natural swimming hole, kids and parents having a great time.

Finally we reached our ________. There the small room I shared with my daughter was a brick cell, full of crickets (蟋蟀), but too dark to see them.

It didn’t ________. The next nine days were ________. Waterfalls, lakes, community visits, and a trip around Katherine Gorge where we ________ saw giant crocodiles!

On our last night, a water pipe (管子) ________. We awoke to a mess, everything in water. Usually I would have ________, but it just seemed ________ to be dirty.

Indeed, it was ________ to stay clean. We were hiking in red dirt with temperatures of 35 degrees. Still, I felt a kind of energy I hadn’t ________ in years.

Yes, the coffee was bad, but I was too focused on keeping crickets off my face.

I love that photo of me in the dirt. I look ________ but happy. Sometimes it’s another way of traveling. There is beautiful ________ and there is dirt. There was always someone to talk to someone to laugh with.

【推荐2】I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They _______ their meal, took a table near the window and started _______ food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fires(炸薯条) and one drink. The man _______ the food into two halves and carefully placed _______ before his wife.

He took a sip(一小口) of the drink. His wife also took one and then _______ the cup down between them. “That _______ old couple! All they can _______ is one meal for the two of them,” thought I. _______ the man began to eat his French fires, I _______ to my feet, went over and said that I was _______ to buy another meal for them. But he _______ refused me and said that they made it a ______ to share everything.

______, the lady didn’t take a bite. She sat there ______ her husband eat, and taking turns sipping the drink. Again I ______ to buy them something but was refused. When the man finished eating and was ______ his face with a napkin. I ______ no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time. _______ being politely refused, I asked the lady ______,“Madam,why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. _______ is it that you are waiting for?” “The teeth,” she answered.